US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named special envoy for hostage affairs Robert O'Brien as the new National Security Adviser to replace John Bolton, who was fired last week. O'Brien has been serving as the special envoy for hostage affairs at the Department of State has been chosen for the role, Trump tweeted. "I am pleased to announce that I will name Robert C. O'Brien, currently serving as the very successful Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the State Department, as our new National Security Advisor. "I have worked long & hard with Robert. He will do a great job," he said. O'Brien would be Trump's fourth national security adviser of his presidency. He previously served under the George W Bush and Barack Obama administrations.
The tweets were sent throughout 2017 and reportedly, the NSA officials would tell the Russian to expect public tweets in advance
The documents and files were released by a group calling themselves The Shadow Brokers
President-elect Donald Trump was said to be considering Rogers as director of national intelligence himself
The official's comments came after Italian media publicised leaked documents suggesting the US NSA intercepted sensitive Italian diplomatic cables